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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Verlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH (Dieter von Holtzbrinck Media) |
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| Founded | 27 September 1945; 80 years ago (1945-09-27) |
| Language | German |
| Headquarters | Berlin, Germany |
| ISSN | 1865-2263 |
| Website | tagesspiegel |
Der Tagesspiegel (lit. 'The Day Mirror') is aGerman dailynewspaper. It has regional correspondent offices inWashington, D.C., andPotsdam.Der Tagesspiegel is aliberal newspaper[1] that is classified ascentrist media in the context of German politics.[2][3][4]
Founded on 27 September 1945 by Erik Reger, Walther Karsch and Edwin Redslob,Der Tagesspiegel's main office is based in Berlin[5] at Askanischer Platz in the locality ofKreuzberg, about 600 metres (2,000 ft) fromPotsdamer Platz and the former location of theBerlin Wall.
For more than 45 years,Der Tagesspiegel was owned by an independenttrust. In 1993, in response to an increasingly competitive publishing environment, and to attract investments required for technical modernisation, such as commission of a new printing plant, and improved distribution, it was bought by theGeorg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. Its current publisher is Dieter von Holtzbrinck witheditors in chief Stephan-Andreas Casdorff andLorenz Maroldt [de]. Pierre Gerckens, Giovanni di Lorenzo and Hermann Rudolph are editors of the newspaper. Some of the notable writers includeBas Kast andHarald Martenstein.
The paper's main readership is in the western half of the city, due to the 1948 blockade having stopped its circulation inEast Berlin andBrandenburg. The paper has recently[when?] been redesigned, introducing more colour and a clearertypeface. In 2005 it was awarded theWorld's Best-Designed Newspapers Award by theSociety for News Design in New York. It is owned by Verlag Der TagesspiegelGmbH, a member of theGeorg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, and associated with theWall Street Journal. In 2009,Dieter von Holtzbrinck boughtDer Tagesspiegel andHandelsblatt from Holtzbrinck.[6]
From 2005 to 2008, American journalist Michael Scaturro edited the English-language version ofDer Tagesspiegel, which was known asThe Berlin Paper.[7]
In 2007 and 2008Der Tagesspiegel'sWashington, D.C., correspondent,Christoph von Marschall, was noted in both Germany and the United States for his coverage ofBarack Obama's presidential campaign. He wrote a book entitledBarack Obama – Der schwarze Kennedy. The literal translation of its German title is "Barack Obama – the BlackKennedy".[8] His book was a bestseller in Germany, where other commentators had also compared the two Americans.[9]
This qualitative analysis was complemented by a quantitative media analysis of coverage of the two case studies in two major Berlin dailies; the leftist Berliner Zeitung and the more centrist Tagesspiegel.
